Comcast Corp. added 315,000 high-speed Internet service customers during the third quarter, surpassing analysts' estimates for subscriber growth and boosting the company's earnings.
The gains more than offset Comcast's loss of 81,000 cable television...

Gosh, I hate goodbyes. The finale of "Mary Tyler Moore" with the group hug and Mare turning out the newsroom lights still gets me right there.
So I cannot say I was looking forward to last Saturday's trip to Epcot, which included the final performances of Off Kilter, longtime rock band stationed at Canada. Although some tears were shed, the evening became more of a celebration than a wake, and the band members made a gracious exit.
Here are notes from before, during and after the final bows.
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Tourist tax collections in Orange County increased nearly 11 percent in August, according to figures released Thursday.
The county collected $14.8 million, Comptroller Martha Haynie said.
It's been a strong year for the tourism industry. With only one month left to report for fiscal year 2014, the county's tax collections have increased 7 percent so far compared with 2013.
August's numbers were also likely boosted by the Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Diagon Alley at Universal Studios...

DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. have launched the "Superman Hall of Heroes" as an online portal through which individuals can gift their own heroes with Man of Steel-themed merchandise.
The companies have inducted some notable names of their own -- Christopher Reeve; Shaquille O'Neal; Jackie Robinson; chef David Burke; Fire Department of New York commissioner Salvatore Cassano; paralympic gold medalist Alana Nichols; Tiny Super Heroes founder Robyn Rosenberger; former U.S. Army soldier and Medal of...

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions is opening a North American office in Orlando.
It is IAAPA's fourth regional office, joining ones in Hong Kong, Brussels and Mexico City.
Richard Jackson is the new vice president of North American operations. Jackson, a sales and marketing executive, has worked for Visit Orlando and companies including Universal Orlando Resort and Wyndham Vacation Resorts.
"The purpose of the office is to be the key contact for the North American ......

Just when you think Halloween Horror Nights can't possibly get any better, the annual Universal Studios Hollywood event finds new and more impressive ways to terrorize you.
Like an evil genius devising more deviously clever ways to dispatch his victims, Horror Nights has upped its industry-leading game once again with a host of otherworldly and mythological puppet creatures that will take your breath away with their frightening realism.
The downside of this new level of excellence is an unprecedented...

Duncan Clark has been named president of Universal Pictures International, a role that will keep him and the studio's senior international post in London.
While Universal announced plans, in May, to move its international leadership to Los Angeles, it's since reconsidered after naming Peter Kujawski managing director, Universal Pictures International Production, and expanding Josh Goldstine to oversee all of Universal's marketing efforts around the world. Both are based in Los Angeles.
Clark has...